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	Greene County Courthouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Courthouse Square; Eutaw, Alabama
Coordinates	32°50′28″N 87°53′13″W / 32.84111°N 87.88694°W
Built	1869
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	71000098
Added to NRHP	March 24, 1971

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The Old Greene County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Eutaw, Alabama, United States. It housed the seat of government for Greene County from 1869 until 1993.^[2] The building is a two-story masonry structure in the Greek Revival style with Italianate influences. Architect Clay Lancaster proposed that it may be the last Greek Revival public building to be built in Alabama. It replaced an earlier wooden courthouse on the same site that was built in 1838. The prior courthouse was burned in 1868, in what is considered by most historians to have been a deliberate act of arson that was executed to destroy indictments brought by the recently installed Radical Reconstruction government against local citizens.^[3] The fire destroyed paperwork pertaining to some 1,800 suits by freedmen against planters which were about to be acted on. The courthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 24, 1971, due to its architectural significance.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Morton, Patricia Hoskins (September 10, 2008). "Greene County". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Greene County Courthouse". National Register of Historic Places Focus. National Park Service. Retrieved June 18, 2013.

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Media related to Old Greene County Courthouse (Alabama) at Wikimedia Commons

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-218, "Greene County Courthouse, Main & Boligee Streets, Prairie & Monroe Avenues, Eutaw, Greene County, AL", 8 photos, 3 data pages
HABS No. AL-218-A, "Greene County Courthouse, Probate Judge's Office, Courthouse Square, Eutaw, Greene County, AL", 2 photos

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[NRIS-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[EOE-2] Morton, Patricia Hoskins (September 10, 2008). "Greene County". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved January 13, 2009.

[3] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Greene County Courthouse". National Register of Historic Places Focus. National Park Service. Retrieved June 18, 2013.

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-The '''Old Greene County Courthouse''' is a historic [[courthouse]] in [[Eutaw, Alabama|Eutaw]], [[Alabama]], [[USA]].  It housed the seat of government for [[Greene County, Alabama|Greene County]] from 1869 until 1993.<ref name="EOE">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1329|title=Greene County|date=2008-09-10|accessdate=2009-01-13|last=Morton |first=Patricia Hoskins |publisher=Encyclopedia of Alabama}}</ref>  The building is a two-story masonry structure in the [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] style with [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] influences.  It replaced an earlier courthouse on the same site that was built in 1838 and burned in 1868.  The courthouse was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on March 24, 1971, due to its architectural significance.<ref name="NRIS"/>
+The '''Old Greene County Courthouse''' is a historic [[courthouse]] in [[Eutaw, Alabama|Eutaw]], [[Alabama]], United States.  It housed the seat of government for [[Greene County, Alabama|Greene County]] from 1869 until 1993.<ref name="EOE">{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1329|title=Greene County|date=2008-09-10|access-date=2009-01-13|last=Morton |first=Patricia Hoskins |publisher=Encyclopedia of Alabama}}</ref>  The building is a two-story masonry structure in the [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] style with [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] influences.  Architect [[Clay Lancaster]] proposed that it may be the last Greek Revival public building to be built in Alabama.  It replaced an earlier wooden courthouse on the same site that was built in 1838.  The prior courthouse was burned in 1868, in what is considered by most historians to have been a deliberate act of arson that was executed to destroy indictments brought by the recently installed [[Reconstruction Era|Radical Reconstruction]] government against local citizens.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory: Greene County Courthouse|url={{NRHP url|id=71000098}}|work=National Register of Historic Places Focus|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=June 18, 2013}}</ref> The fire destroyed paperwork pertaining to some 1,800 suits by freedmen against planters which were about to be acted on. The courthouse was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on March 24, 1971, due to its architectural significance.<ref name="NRIS"/>
-==See also==
-*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Alabama]]
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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Alabama
Historic districts	Greene County Courthouse Square District
Other properties	David Rinehart Anthony House Boligee Hill Gustave Braune House Capt. Nathan Carpenter House Samuel W. Cockrell House John Coleman House Coleman-Banks House Attoway R. Davis Home John W. Elliott House First Presbyterian Church Glenville Rev. John H. Gray House Greene County Courthouse Benjamin D. Gullett House Stephen Fowler Hale House William C. Jones House Kirkwood Dr. Willis Meriwether House Samuel R. Murphy House William Perkins House William F. Pierce House Littleberry Pippen House Edwin Reese House William A. Rogers House Rosemount St. John's-In-The-Prairie Phillip Schoppert House Thornhill Iredell P. Vaughn House William Peter Webb House Asa White House William B. Willis House Catlin Wilson House Daniel R. Wright House
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Alabama and List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

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